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ceolatis, basi subæquali breviter angustatis, apice breviter acu- 
minatis, subintegris membranaceis glaberrimis, supra læte viri- 
dibus, subtus pallidioribus ; costa nervisque primariis remote 
alternis obliquis, subtus valde prominulis, supra vix conspicuis ; 
venis minutis transversis creberrimis. Flores in racemis alterni 
solitarii, foveolis ramulorum prominulis inserti articulati ; pedicellis 
brevibus (ad ;-1 cent.). Calyx brevis cupuliformis subæquali- 
dentatus. Petala 4, elongata (16-18 mill.), valvata, e calyce longe 
exserta. Stamina 8; antheris subsessilibus, tubo cylindrico petalis 
subæquilongo, apice truncato vix crenato insertis inclusisque rec- 
tangularibus introrsis , longitudinaliter 2-rimosis. Ovarium longe 
conicum, /Zi-loculare, basi in stipitem crassiuseulum glanduloso- 
inerassatum, apice in stylum longe attenuatum ; stigmate late dis- 
coideo peltato orbiculari crasse carnoso, supra inzequali-8-sulcato 
papilloso. Ovula inloculis singulis 2, pendula ; micropyle extrorsum 
supera. Fructus ignotus... Semina inæquali-pyramidata (2 cent. 
longa, 4 cent. lata) lateraliter inserta, basi plus minus obliqua ; 
apice obtuso ; integumento duplici membranaceo ; radicula laterali 
minima ; cotyledonibus crassissimis carnosis invicem arcte ap- 
plicatis, valde inter se dissimilibus.— Crescit in Peruvia, ut aiunt, 
unde a mercatoribus nonnullis in Europa, verisimiliter introducta 
ob odorem (unde corticem utilem fore verisimiliter sperabant.) 
(Sera continué.) 
